Harry Reid rejects Redskins tickets, and more must-reads

Alfred Morris of the Washington Redskins rushes against the Atlanta Falcons

Thanks but no thanks: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won’t attend a Washington Redskins game until the football team changes its name. In a letter to team president Bruce Allen, Reid rejected Allen’s invitation to attend a home game. It’s the latest chapter in a battle over the team’s name, which most Democratic senators have sought to change. The Washington Examiner has more about Reid’s letter, including the text, which states: “I will not stand idly by while a professional sports team promotes a racial slur as a team name and disparages the American people.”

Midterm money: There’s a new super PAC from the political operation spearheaded by billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch. Politico reports the new group, unveiled Monday night, aims to spend more than $15 million in the 2014 midterm-election campaigns. The super PAC has been dubbed the Freedom Partners Action Fund, and is expected to help build support for Republican candidates.

Hillary Clinton’s book “Hard Choices” offers clues about how she would deal with Republicans on Capitol Hill if she wins the White House in 2016, writes columnist David Hawkings in Roll Call. Hawkings says the former New York senator may be content to remain on decent terms with a small group of GOP centrists – the kind President Barack Obama has labeled the “common sense caucus.” But she would disdain and dismiss her conservative critics without calling them out individually, he predicts.

When a door closes, open a window: The Wall Street Journal writes that U.S. states are offering businesses lucrative tax credits for everything from brewing beer to renovating buildings, in an effort to spur economic growth and create jobs. The Journal says companies find the new state tax credits especially alluring because many of their biggest federal tax breaks expired at the end of last year. An increasing number of the credits are refundable or transferable, and are offered by some 46 states through more than 200 different programs.

Iran split: The Hill takes a look at congressional reaction to the possibility of working with Iran on trying to defuse the crisis in Iraq. Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, for example, took opposite positions, with McCain saying it would be folly to work with the Iranians and Graham saying the U.S. should coordinate with Tehran. Obama administration officials have made it clear they would welcome diplomatic cooperation from Iran but ruled out joint military actions.

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